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The Four Principles: Estimated Duration: 4 Months
The Four Principles: Estimated Duration: 4 Months
Study Guide
Estimated duration: 4 months
Contents
Introductory words
page 3
Summary diagram
page 4
Progress chart
page 5
page 6
Introduction
Haneefiyyah
The Purification of Tawheed
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3-4
page 6
page 8
page 10
First Principle
Second Principle
Third Principle
Fourth Principle
Week 5
Week 6-8
Week 9-14
Week 15
page 14
page 16
page 22
page 36
Test
Week 16
page 38
Page 2
page 42
Contents - SalafiPublications.com
Introductory words
Why study this book?
The Four Principles is a short text about tawheed and shirk written by the great reviver of Islaam,
Shaykh ul Islaam Muhammad ibn Abdil Wahhaab, rahimahullaah, which teaches us about some of
the most important issues of aqeedah (creed and belief) that the Muslim must acquaint themselves
with. It is a book full of proofs from the Quraan and the Sunnah, a text that is short in wording yet
vast in meaning and a vital resource for the muwahhid (person of tawheed) who seeks success in the
Hereafter for himself and for others.
For this reason, the scholars of ahl us sunnah wal jamaaah have paid great attention to this book,
both studying it and teaching it.
Write out a section of Arabic text to memorise which can be taken from the back of the book.
This helps to improve Arabic writing skills. The full Arabic text of the book is at the end of the
Study Guide.
Read and memorise it.
English (by Salafi Publications), and is also available to download for free on
www.salafipublications.com.
Answer questions on the explanation.
Advice
Anyone intending to take on a course of study is advised to look into the topic of the method of
seeking knowledge. There are various lectures, books and articles by the scholars that have been
translated into English. Please ask at the Salafi Bookstore, or browse www.salafipublications.com.
Umm Zaynab Aalia bint Ehsanullah.
The author of this Study Guide
1
The translation used in this Study Guide has been, for the most part, taken from that of Aboo Naasir Abid bin Basheer
Zargar, published by Salafi Publications.
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Summary Diagram
3 signs of happiness
1. patient
when tested
HANEEFIYYAH
= religion of
Ibraaheem
2. grateful
when given
3. seek forgiveness
when sin
1st PRINCIPLE
2nd PRINCIPLE
Yunus 10:31
intercession
Zumar 39:3
Yunus 10:18
2 types of intercession
prohibited
affirmed
Baqarah 2:254
3rd PRINCIPLE
Baqarah 2:255
4th PRINCIPLE
angels
prophets
Imraan 3:80
Maaidah 5:116
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Israa 17:57
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Progress Chart
You can use this chart to set your weekly targets or to tick off the lessons as you
complete them.
Week 1
Introduction
Week 2
Haneefiyyah
Week 3
Tawheed Purification
Week 4
Tawheed Purification
Week 5
Principle 1
Week 6
Principle 2 (1/3)
Week 7
Principle 2 (2/3)
Week 8
Principle 2 (3/3)
Week 9
Principle 3 (1/6)
Week 10
Principle 3 (2/6)
Week 11
Principle 3 (3/6)
Week 12
Principle 3 (4/6)
Week 13
Principle 3 (5/6)
Week 14
Principle 3 (6/6)
Week 15
Principle 4
Week 16
Revision & Test
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Week 1
Introduction
Summary Diagram
3 signs of happiness
1. patient
when tested
HANEEFIYYAH
= religion of
Ibraaheem
2. grateful
when given
3. seek forgiveness
when sin
Text to memorise
Please write the Arabic on top of the English translation (below), using the Arabic text at the back of the
Study Guide (page 43). Memorise the Arabic, its translation in English, and all references.
I ask Allaah, the Most Generous, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne,
and to make you from those who are grateful when they are given,
patient when they are tested and those who seek forgiveness when they sin.
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Questions
3. What are the sources from which we take knowledge and understanding of
tawheed and shirk?
4. Give two reasons why knowledge of tawheed and shirk is more important than
knowledge of the rulings of salaah, zakaah, etc.
5. When Allaah supports you, then He takes you out of darkness into the light,
as mentioned in aayah 257 of Soorah Al-Baqarah. What is the meaning of
darkness here? What is the meaning of light?
6. With what does Allaah support His believing slave in this world?
7. With what does Allaah support His believing slave in the Hereafter?
9. What is the evidence that for the one who is grateful then Allaah will increase
their bounty?
13. If someone thinks that, There is no forgiveness for me, then where may this
thought have come from?
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Week 2
Haneefiyyah
Summary Diagram
3 signs of happiness
1. patient
when tested
HANEEFIYYAH
= religion of
Ibraaheem
2. grateful
when given
3. seek forgiveness
when sin
Text to memorise
Please write in the Arabic on top of the translation. Use the Arabic at the back of the book.
It is that you worship Allaah making the religion purely for Him,
as He said:
And I have not created the jinn and mankind except to worship Me (Alone).
Adh-Dhaariyaat [51]: 56
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Questions
1. Which duaa does the author (Ibn Abdil Wahhaab) make for us, and why?
2. What is the meaning of obedience to Allaah?
3. Who is al-Haneef and what does this term mean?
4. What is Haneefiyyah?
5. What does making the religion purely for Him mean?
6. Why is the definition of Haneefiyyah incomplete without this?
7. What is the plural of Haneef?
8. What is the wisdom behind Allaah creating the Creation?
9. All the prophets after him are descendents of Ibraaheem (alaihis salaam). What
point of benefit does the Shaykh take from this?
10. He was an Imaam for mankind. What does this mean?
11. He was an Ummah (nation). What does this mean?
12. There are 2 parts to the religion: (1) foundations (aqeedah) and (2) branches
(shareeah). Which one of these two parts was the same for every prophet, and
therefore proves that their religion was the same as each others?
13. Proof for this is found in the 36th aayah of Soorah an-Nahl. It begins: And
verily, We have sent among every nation . Give the full translation.
14. Which of these 2 parts of the religion varied from nation to nation? Why?
15. When there is an abrogation, are we allowed to follow the abrogated ruling?
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Week 3
Summary Diagram
Allaah created us to worship Him
Dhaariyaat 51:56
1st PRINCIPLE
Yunus 10:31
Text to memorise
When you acknowledge that Allaah has created you for His worship,
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Questions
1. If Allaah created us for His worship, then why did He subjugate things
around us for our use?
2. The people who do not acknowledge the supreme wisdom behind their being
created (i.e. to worship Allaah), have been compared to animals. Explain why.
3. Allaah did not create us to earn or gather wealth for Him. Give the proof.
4. Allaah created us to worship Him. Does He need our worship?
5. Why is it from His Mercy that He commanded us to worship Him?
6. Worship needs two conditions for it to be accepted. What are they?
7. For each condition, state its opposite.
8. What can be said about an action that fulfils only one of the conditions of
worship?
9. If a person does an action seeking nearness to Allaah, but it is an action that
has no proof in the deen (religion), then which of the following statements is
true?
(a) It benefits him.
(b) It neither benefits nor harms him.
(c) It harms him.
10. There is nobody from the creation that we are obliged to follow except the
Messenger (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam). As for anyone else, following of them is
conditional on what?
11. There is an aayah of the Quraan that states whom we should obey. It is in
Soorah An-Nisaa. In this aayah, the words those in authority over you refer to 2
categories of people. Who are they?
12. When must we obey those in authority over you?
13. When must we disobey those in authority over you?
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Week 4
Summary Diagram
Allaah created us to worship Him
Dhaariyaat 51:56
1st PRINCIPLE
Yunus 10:31
Text to memorise
So when you recognise that if shirk enters into worship, it corrupts it,
negates all the actions and the one who does it is eternally in the Hell-Fire,
then you will realise the most important matter obligatory upon you
is the recognition of this fact, in order that Allaah may save you from the abyss
of committing shirk with Him, about which He, the Most High, said:
Verily, Allaah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him in worship,
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Questions
1. It is not enough to know only about tawheed. We must also know about shirk.
Why?
2. State two of the dangers of shirk for a person. What are they?
4. Do these 2 sources contain enough clarification about shirk, its types, dangers,
etc?
5. Has Allaah forbidden us from anything and left the matter general without
clarification?
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Week 5
Summary Diagram
Worship needs tawheed
Shirk nullifies actions < Hellfire
Nisaa 4:116
1st PRINCIPLE
2nd PRINCIPLE
Yunus 10:31
Text to memorise
The first principle is that you know that the kuffaar (disbelievers)
whom the Messenger (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) fought
used to affirm that Allaah, the Most High, was the Creator and the Disposer of all
the affairs
but this did not enter them into Islaam
and the proof is His, the Most Highs, saying:
Say: Who provides for you from the sky and from the earth?
Or Who owns hearing and sight?
And Who brings out the living from the dead
and brings out the dead from the living?
And Who Disposes the affairs?
They will say: Allaah. Say: Will you not then be afraid of Allaahs Punishment
(for setting up rivals in worship with Allaah)? Yunus [10]:31
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Questions
1. The non believers whom the Prophet (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) used to
fight affirmed which category of tawheed, as proved by the aayah from Soorah
Yunus?
2. Does affirmation that Allaah alone is Rabb (Lord), i.e. tawheed ur-ruboobeeyah,
make a person Muslim?
4. What is the brief definition of tawheed ur-ruboobeeyah that contains the word
actions?
5. Are there people who claim that tawheed is only the affirmation of tawheed urruboobeeyah, i.e. that anyone who affirms Allaah alone is Creator, Sustainer, the
Giver of life and death then that person is a Muslim?
7. Tawheed ur-ruboobeeyah was not the tawheed that the Messengers were sent
with. Is this statement true or false?
8. There are people who believe that shirk means to believe that someone creates
and sustains alongside Allaah. What is the Shaykh al-Fawzaans response to
them?
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Week 6
Summary Diagram
1st PRINCIPLE
Yunus 10:31
intercession
Yunus 10:18
Text to memorise
The second principle: that they (the mushrikeen) say:
Verily, Allaah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ.
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Questions
1. The mushrikeen were called mushrikeen by Allaah. Will they ever leave the HellFire?
2. They did not commit shirk in ar-ruboobeeyah. In which category of tawheed did
they fall short and commit shirk?
5. Give an exact translation of the aayah in Soorah Az-Zumar that you are
expected to memorise this week.
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Week 7
Summary Diagram
2nd PRINCIPLE MUSHRIKS CALLED UPON OTHER THAN ALLAAH
and gave 2 excuses for this
seeking nearness
Zumar 39:3
intercession
Yunus 10:18
2 types of intercession
prohibited
affirmed
Baqarah 2:254
Baqarah 2:255
Text to memorise
And the proof against intercession (through awliyaa) is His, the Most Highs,
saying:
And intercession is of two types: the prohibited intercession and the affirmed
intercession.
The prohibited intercession is that which is sought from other than Allaah
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Questions
1. Did the mushrikeen acknowledge that their awliyaa could not benefit nor harm
them?
2. Why did they sacrifice and vow (i.e. perform acts of worship) for these
awliyaa?
6. What is the definition of the prohibited intercession given in the text by Ibn
Abdil Wahhaab rahimahullaah?
10. Can intercession benefit the kuffaar (disbelievers) and mushrikeen (people of
shirk)?
11. People who heard about intercession but were ignorant of its meaning and its
types fell into shirk. Where did they go wrong in their seeking intercession?
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Week 8
Summary Diagram
2nd PRINCIPLE MUSHRIKS CALLED UPON OTHER THAN ALLAAH
and gave 2 excuses for this
seeking nearness
Zumar 39:3
intercession
Yunus 10:18
2 types of intercession
prohibited
affirmed
Baqarah 2:254
Baqarah 2:255
Text to memorise
And the proof is His, the Most Highs, saying:
O you who believe! Spend of that with which We have provided for you,
before a Day comes when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession.
and the one interceded for is someone whose deeds and speech are pleasing to Allaah,
Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission?...
Al-Baqarah [2]:255
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Questions
1. Is intercession unrestricted?
2. Who will intercede for all the people ever created when they are standing
before their Lord on the Day of Judgement?
5. If a person seeks nearness and vows for the graves, then is intercession
granted for him?
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Week 9
Summary Diagram
3rd PRINCIPLE
angels
Imraan 3:80
prophets
Maaidah 5:116
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Israa 17:57
Najm 53:19-20
Hadeeth DhaatAnwaat
Text to memorise
The third principle is that the Prophet (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam)
The Messenger of Allaah (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) fought them and did not
differentiate between them.
And fight them until there is no more fitnah (disbelief and worshipping of others along
with Allaah) and all the deen is for Allaah (Alone)...
Al-Anfaal [8]:39
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Questions
1. The Prophet (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) was sent to the mushrikeen. Was their
shirk the same, or did different mushrikeen amongst them worship different
things?
2. The people of shirk cannot be united in their worship. Why not?
11. When Allaahs Messenger (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) fought the mushriks
on account of their continuing upon shirk, then did he treat any of them
differently because of what they worshipped other than Allaah?
12. The proof of this is the 39th aayah of Soorah Al-Anfaal. Give its exact
translation.
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Week 10
Summary Diagram
3rd PRINCIPLE
angels
prophets
Maaidah 5:116
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Israa 17:57
Najm 53:19-20
Hadeeth DhaatAnwaat
Text to memorise
And the proof that the sun and the moon [are worshipped] is the saying of The
Most High:
And from among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.
but prostrate to Allaah who created them, if you truly worship Him.
Fussilat [41]:37
And the proof that the angels [are worshipped] is the saying of The Most High:
Nor would He order you to take angels and prophets for lords (gods).
Aali-Imraan [3]:80
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Questions
1. There really are people who prostrate to the sun and the moon. Give evidence.
2. Allahs Messenger (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) blocked off the paths leading
to these particular acts of shirk. How?
3. Which people today say that the one who worships the angels and prophets is
not a disbeliever?
Vocabulary Test
Give the Arabic words for the following. (They are all in the text that you have memorised so far.)
1.
the sun
13.
the stones
2.
the moon
14.
the trees
3.
the angels
15.
except
4.
the proof
16.
whoever
5.
the principle
17.
you recognise
6.
the intercession
18.
he wishes
7.
the action
19.
he said
8.
the throne
20.
he guides
9.
the purification
21.
he forgives
10.
the disbelievers
22.
Know!
11.
the night
23.
I ask
12.
the day
24.
I created
Verily, Allaah does not forgive that partners should be set up with Him "
And they worship besides Allaah things that hurt them not
O you who believe! Spend of that which We have provided for you before
And those who take awliyaa besides Him (say)
And I have not created the jinns and mankind except to
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Week 11
Summary Diagram
3rd PRINCIPLE
angels
prophets
Maaidah 5:116
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Israa 17:57
Najm 53:19-20
Hadeeth DhaatAnwaat
Text to memorise
And the proof that the prophets [are worshipped] is the saying of The Most High:
And when Allaah will say [on the Day of Resurrection]: O Eesaa ibn Maryam!
Did you say unto men,
He will say, Glory be to you! It was not for me to say what I had no right [to say]
Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it.
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Questions
1. Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhaab quotes an aayah from Soorah Maaidah. As
stated in it, what will Allaah ask Eesaa (alaihis salaam)? (Give the exact
translation)
Revision of Definitions
These are taken straight from the text that you have memorised so far.
Give the answers in Arabic and English.
Revision of Proofs
Give the proofs for the following statements using aayaat of the Quraan that you have memorised
in the text so far. Give the Arabic and its exact translation.
Intercession can only occur after the permission of Allaah has been granted.
It is not permissible to worship stones and trees.
The sun and the moon are worshipped and it is not permissible to prostrate to
them.
The kuffaar (disbelievers) affirmed Allaah was the Creator and Disposer of all
the affairs.
The angels are worshipped.
Allaah created us to worship Him.
Allaah does not forgive the sin of shirk.
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Weeks 12
Summary Diagram
3rd PRINCIPLE
angels
prophets
Maaidah 5:116
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Israa 17:57
Najm 53:19-20
Hadeeth DhaatAnwaat
Text to memorise
And the proof that the righteous [are worshipped] is the saying of the Most High:
Those whom they call upon desire [for themselves] means of access to their Lord
(Allaah),
and they hope for His Mercy and fear His Torment.
Al-Israa [17]:57
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Questions
NB There are more questions than usual this week. They continue over the page!
1. The aayah from Soorah Al-Israa refers to Eesaa (alaihis salaam) and which 2
other individuals, according to some scholars?
2. These 3 are slaves of Allaah, in need of Him. How do they seek nearness to
Him?
3. Why does this show that they are not deserving of being worshipped?
6. What is the meaning of waseelah in the shareeah (legislation) and in the aayah
from Soorah Al-Israa?
8. These deviants and foolish ones seek waseelah through awliyaa, the righteous
and the dead. Which 3 benefits are they trying to achieve?
10. These deviants use the same aayah (17:57) as a justification for their shirk! They
do not understand the definition of waseelah correctly. Instead, they twist the
meaning of waseelah to mean what?
12. The mushriks call their actions waseelah, but in reality which sin are they
committing?
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13. This justification for evil is not new. State the aayah in Soorah Az-Zumar that
shows that the mushriks before them used exactly the same arguments for
exactly the same evil actions?
14. Shirk can never cause a person to draw nearer to Allaah. What does it achieve
instead?
15. In the aayah from Soorah Al-Israa, what is the meaning of: Those whom they
call upon (desire for themselves) means of access to their Lord?
16. In the aayah, what is the meaning of: which of them should be nearest?
17. What does Shaykh al-Fawzaan say about the statement: they hope for His
Mercy and fear His torment?
Helpful Hint
Definitions
Whenever you come across a definition of an important word (waseelah, haneefiyyah, worship,
etc) in a book/dars (lesson), then write it out onto an index card (size: 4x6 inches).
Leave the back of the card blank for the Arabic in case you come across it in the future.
Make sure you write you reference, i.e. whose definition it is and where you came across it.
Memorise the definition.
Keep your index cards together.
You can do the same with Quraan quotes and hadeeths that you memorise.
Sample:
Haneefiyyah
It is the religion of Ibraaheem (alaihis salaam).
It is that you worship Allaah
Making the religion purely for Him.
If you have memorised the text of The Three Principles, you should know these from Ibn Abdil
Wahhaabs text itself (in Arabic and English):
ilm
haneefiyyah
tawheed
shirk
aalam
deenul Islaam
ihsaan
hijrah
ath thaqalayn
taaghoot
Deenul Islaam
Shahaadatu an Laa ilaaha illallaah
Shahaadatu anna Muhammadur rasoolullaah
The following questions are identical to ones that you have already answered. Can you remember the answers?
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Week 13
Summary Diagram
3rd PRINCIPLE
angels
prophets
Maaidah 5:116
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Israa 17:57
Najm 53:19-20
Hadeeth DhaatAnwaat
Text to memorise
And the proof that stones and trees [are worshipped] is His, The Most Highs
saying:
Have you considered al-Laat and al-Uzza. And Manaat, the other third?
An-Najm [53]:19-20
Test Yourself
Revise your memorisation of the whole book so far.
Recite it to yourself and record it. Listen to it carefully to correct your mistakes.
Alternatively, recite it to a friend, asking them to correct every error, no matter
how small.
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Questions
1. There is an aayah in Soorah An-Najm that proves that some of the mushrikeen
worshipped stones and trees. In this aayah, what is the meaning of: Have you
considered?
2. How many of the major idols of the Arabs are named in the aayah?
3. The Arabs worshipped an idol named al-Laat.
(a) Where was it?
(b) What was it made of?
(c) What was it surrounded by?
(d) Who were sent to destroy it?
4. Who was al-Laatt (with a shaddah on the taa)?
5. The Arabs worshipped another idol named al-Uzza.
(a) Where was it?
(b) What was it?
(c) Who used to fool the people who visited it, and how?
(d) Who were the main people who used to visit it?
(e) Who was sent to destroy it?
(f) How did he destroy it?
6. The third major idol of the Arabs was named Manaat.
(a) Where was it?
(b) What was it?
(c) Which tribes in particular venerated it?
(d) How was it connected to their Hajj rites?
(e) Who was sent to destroy it?
7. After which major event did Allaahs Messenger (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam)
send Companions to the major idols of the Arabs to destroy them?
8. How does the destruction of these idols clarify the meaning of the aayah from
Soorah An-Najm?
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Week 14
Summary Diagram
3rd PRINCIPLE
angels
4th PRINCIPLE
prophets
Maaidah 5:116
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Israa 17:57
Najm 53:19-20
Hadeeth DhaatAnwaat
Text to memorise
And the hadeeth of Aboo Waaqid al-Laythee (may Allaah be pleased with Him)
[who] said:
We departed with the Prophet (sall Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) to Hunayn
and we had recently left kufr.
The mushrikeen used to have a tree which they used to devote themselves to and
hang their weapons upon;
they used to call it Dhaat Anwaat.
We passed by a tree and said:
O Messenger of Allaah, appoint for us a Dhaat Anwaat
like they have a Dhaat Anwaat2
He said: Allaahu Akbar, Allaahu Akbar, Allaahu Akbar!
By The One in Whose Hand is my soul, these are the ways.
The like of what you have said is what Banoo Israaeel said to Moosaa,
Make for us a god as they have gods.
He said, Verily, you are an ignorant people. [Al-Araaf [7]:138]
(at-Tirmidhee and others)
2
The author, Ibn Abdil Wahhaab rahimahullaah, quotes the hadeeth up to this point, and then indicates the rest without
stating the actual words. However, the full hadeeth has been included here to aid memorisation.
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Questions
1. When did Aboo Waaqid al-Laythee (radhi Allaahu anhu) accept Islaam?
2. What is the significance of him mentioning that some of the Companions had
recently accepted Islaam?
8. What similar request did the Banoo Israaeel make from Moosaa (alaihis salaam)?
9. Moosaa (alaihis salaam) understood what had led them to make this request.
What was it?
11. Explain why the people of Moosaa (alaihis salaam) and the Companions in this
hadeeth did not commit shirk.
12. What is the meaning of akoof (devotion) of the tree in the hadeeth?
13. How does the hadeeth show the danger of being ignorant about tawheed?
14. How does the hadeeth show the danger of resembling the mushrikeen?
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Week 15
Summary Diagram
3rd PRINCIPLE
4th PRINCIPLE
angels
prophets
Anfaal 8:39
righteous
Text to memorise
The fourth principle is
that the mushrikeen of our time are worse in their shirk than the mushrikeen who
came before.
This is because those who came before committed shirk during times of ease
However, the shirk of the mushrikeen of our time is continuous, during times of
ease and difficulty.
And when they embark on a ship they invoke Allaah making their faith purely
for Him only,
but when He brings them safely to land, behold, they give a share of their
worship to others. Al-Ankaboot [29]:65
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Questions
1. What is the fourth principle?
2. And when a wave covers them like shades, they invoke Allaah, making their
religion purely for Him [Soorah Luqmaan (31):32] What do the underlined
words mean?
4. The mushriks of present times do shirk at times of difficulty too. In fact, how
does the severity of their shirk change with the level of difficulty?
5. Give examples of some of the sayings of the present day mushriks that Shaykh
Al-Fawzaan mentions regarding their beliefs at times of difficulties.
7. In terms of what they worship, why are the mushriks of our time worse than
the mushriks of previous times?
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You are expected to take the answers directly from the text of the book by Imaam Muhammad
ibn Abdil Wahhaab that you have memorised.
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What is Haneefiyyah?
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Can the one who dies upon shirk enter Paradise? ______ (1)
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What is the proof that shirk cannot be forgiven? (Give the exact
translation of the aayah.)
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10. For each of the principles, write down whether it is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd
(4)
or 4th:
People worshipped different things. Allaahs Messenger sall
Allaahu alaihi wa sallam fought them all.
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The mushriks gave two reasons for their shirk.
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The mushriks now are worse than the mushriks then.
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The mushriks affirmed that Allah was the Creator and the
Disposer of affairs, but this did not make them Muslims. ____
11. The aayah quoted from Soorah Yoonus mentions 5 things that the
mushriks affirmed. They all come under the category of
ruboobeeyah. What are they?
i. ___________________________________________
ii. ___________________________________________
iii. ___________________________________________
iv. ___________________________________________
v. ___________________________________________ (5)
12. In this aayah, what was Allaahs Messenger sall Allaahu alaihi wa
sallam told to say to them?
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13. The mushriks called upon other than Allaah. What 2 excuses did
they give for this? (Give the words in Arabic and English)
i. __________________________________________
ii. __________________________________________ (4)
14. Fill in the gaps in the aayah from Soorah Az-Zumar:
And those who take ________ besides Him (say): We worship
them only that they may _____________________________.
Verily, Allaah will judge between them concerning that wherein
they differ. Truly, Allaah guides not him who is a ___________
and a ___________.
(4)
15. The Imaam quotes an aayah from Soorah Yoonus as a proof
against intercession through awliyaa. Give its translation.
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16. Fill in the gaps in the aayah from Soorah Al-Baqarah:
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24. What are the names of the 3 gods mentioned in Soorah An-Najm
aayahs 19-20? (Take care to use al correctly in their names.)
i.
ii.
iii.
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_____________________________
(3)
(1)
(1)
the translation.
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___________________________________________ (3)
26. Why are the mushriks of our time worse than those who came
before?
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___________________________________________ (2)
27. There is an explanation of the way of the mushriks who came
before in Soorah Al-Ankaboot. Give a translation of the aayah.
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________ (3)
If you scored less than you hoped for, then look carefully at your mistakes,
and continue to study the book until you have mastered it.
Study Guide: The Four Principles
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English Translation of
The Four Principles
I ask Allaah, the Most Generous, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne,
to protect you in this world and the Hereafter, and to bless you
wherever you are, and to make you from those who are grateful when
they are given, patient when they are tested and those who seek
forgiveness when they sin. For verily, those are the three signs of
happiness.
Know, may Allaah guide you to obeying Him, that Haneefiyyah is the
religion of Ibraaheem. It is that you worship Allaah making the
religion purely for Him, as He said:
And I have not created the jinn and mankind except to worship Me
(Alone).
Soorah Adh-Dhaariyaat [51]: 56
When you acknowledge that Allaah has created you for His worship,
then know that worship is not regarded as such unless it is
accompanied by tawheed, just as prayer is not regarded as prayer
unless it is accompanied by purification (tahaarah).
So when shirk enters into worship it corrupts it just like an impurity
invalidates purification. So when you recognise that if shirk enters
into worship, it corrupts it, negates all the actions and the one who
does it is eternally in the Hell-Fire, then you will realise the most
important matter obligatory upon you is the recognition of this fact, in
order that Allaah may save you from the abyss of committing shirk
with Him, about which He, the Most High, said:
Verily, Allaah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him
in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He
pleases.
Soorah An-Nisaa [4]:116
And this knowledge comprises four principles which Allaah, the Most
High, has mentioned in His Book.
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And the proof against intercession (through awliyaa) is His, the Most
Highs, saying:
And they worship besides Allaah things that hurt them not, nor
profit them, and they say: These are our intercessors with Allaah.
Soorah Yunus [10]:18
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And the proof that the sun and the moon [are worshipped] is the
saying of The Most High:
And from among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and
the moon. Do not prostrate to the sun nor the moon, but prostrate to
Allaah who created them, if you truly worship Him.
Soorah Fussilat [41]:37
And the proof that the angels [are worshipped] is the saying of The
Most High:
Nor would He order you to take angels and prophets for lords
(gods).
Soorah Aali-Imraan [3]:80
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And the proof that the prophets [are worshipped] is the saying of The
Most High:
And when Allaah will say [on the Day of Resurrection]: O Eesaa
ibn Maryam! Did you say unto men, Worship me and my mother as
two gods besides Allaah? He will say, Glory be to you! It was not
for me to say what I had no right [to say] Had I said such a thing, You
would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner-self
though I do not know what is in Yourself, truly You are The AllKnower of all that is hidden.
Soorah Al-Maaidah [5]:116
And the proof that the righteous [are worshipped] is the saying of the
Most High:
Those whom they call upon desire [for themselves] means of access
to their Lord (Allaah), as to which of them should be the nearest and
they hope for His Mercy and fear His Torment.
Soorah Al-Israa [17]:57
And the proof that stones and trees [are worshipped] is His, The Most
Highs saying:
Have you considered al-Laat and al-Uzza. And Manaat, the other
third?
Soorah An-Najm [53]:19-20
The author, Ibn Abdil Wahhaab rahimahullaah, quotes the hadeeth up to this point, and then indicates the rest without
stating the actual words. However, the full hadeeth has been included here to aid memorisation.
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